Mr Croasdell Does It Again - New Batch Of Kent 45's Must Have's

[Mark Bicknell]

I've had a bugger of a day at work getting ready for a busy Easter.....retail sucks, arrived home to a nice couple of packages from Ace/Kent in one i was delighted to find another batch of six Kent 45's, the other package contained the new Villa CD and Northern Monsters CD which are well worth a punt and deserve their very own mention on here which i might just do a little later.

The first three 45's are on the new 'Kent Select' logo nice Blue label design in a superb company bag, very classy and extra tasty, all three are stunning double headers and you really must get these now!!!!, this new logo is i think going to be releasing some of the superb unissued material which Ady has discovered in recent years and featured on many of his superb CD's, City 001 is the outstanding Tobi Lark - 'True True Love' B/W Little Ann - 'Sweep It Out In The Shed' which of course was originally recorded and issued by Tobi Lark on Topper records, both are stunning unissued tracks taken form the Kent CD "Dave Hamiltons Detroit Dancers Volume Three" Kent CDKEND 257, if you only buy one of these new 45's it has to be this one, Tobi lark is simply 'hit you full in the face' hard edged Detroit...awesome Ady.

City 002 - is the wonderful 'A Broken Heart Cries' from The Pretenders originally released on "A Carnival Of Soul Volume Two" Kent CDKEND 118 from Joe Evans wonderful Carnival set up from New York, flip this winner over and you will discover the beautiful John Edwards - 'How Can I Go On Without You' taken from John Edwards - "A Careful Man Kent CDKEND 127......Dynamite Ady.

City 003 - The Other Brothers - 'Nobody But Me' taken from "Serious Shades Of Soul For Collectors Only"

Kent CDKEND 119 B/W Betty Swann - 'The Dance Is Over' taken from "The Soul Of Money Volume Two" CDKEND 267, i think you are getting the picture here of how good these releases are, two simply stunning sides, the Bettye Swann is just about as good as it gets for me and one i have featured on the show since the original CD came out a couple of years ago, i think it also featured on her solo recordings CD Kent also put out a bit back now, i'm sure this is just the start of some wonderful 45's in this 'Select' series.......ten out of ten Mr Croasdell.

I believe the above three 45's will be retailing at around ten pounds....bargain or what? and will be limited to a 500 pressing run so simply get in fast as these are gonna fly out, best check with Ady directly or contact www.acerecords.com

The next three are carrying on from the last batch of Kent 45 releases on the Red, White, Black and Grey logo again presented in a nice company bag the quality continues here with three yummy double headers so it's very much 'two for the price of one' with this little lot, i think these 45's retail around £5/6.00 but again you need to check with the gaffer on this.

Millie Jackson - 'A House For Sale' B/W Garland Green - 'Come Through Me' - Town 124 - two simply class acts.

Town 125 i think will out sell even the Tobi Lark 45 as here we have two awesome sides that have been on many wants lists in recent years and still pack those dance floors nationwide - Unique Blend - 'Yes I'm In Love' B/W ' Houston Outlaws - 'Ain't No Telling' crossover with ease, crossover to die for.........wonderful Mr Croasdell.

And Finally Town 126 is a double diamond 64 million dollar sure fired winner - Bobby Wisdom - 'Handwritting On The Wall' from 1966 originally issued on 'Out A Site' records which is as hard as rocking horse droppings to find and will cost you a small fortune or rather a big one...lol if you can find one that is? B/W Morris Chestnut - 'Too Darn Soulful' cut back in 1967 and can only be described as a Northern Anthem and i'm glad to say i still have my Amy promo tucked away in the collection.

Morris of course recently played live at the Prestatyn weekender performing this classic to over 3.000 happy people...Darn soulful just too darn i bet as i missed it.

These are must have legit, authentic re - issues, Ady and Kent do it by the book, the sound quality is first class, the records are well presented and will i'm sure be well recieved, i will be giving them a full preview and airing on the show in a couple of weeks which will be a pleasure to do....first class effort Mr Croasdell....what's next ????????? www.solarradio.com

Miss these 45's at your peril....Tobi Lark is a Godess.....tunnnnnnne!

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Edited April 5, 2007 by Mark Bicknell

[Wiganer1]

And Finally Town 126 is a double diamond 64 million dollar sure fired winner - Bobby Wisdom - 'Handwritting On The Wall' from 1966 originally issued on 'Out A Site' records which is as hard as rocking horse droppings to find and will coast you a small fortune or rather a big one...

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is this the old searling spin??

[Mark Bicknell]

And Finally Town 126 is a double diamond 64 million dollar sure fired winner - Bobby Wisdom - 'Handwritting On The Wall' from 1966 originally issued on 'Out A Site' records which is as hard as rocking horse droppings to find and will coast you a small fortune or rather a big one...

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is this the old searling spin??

Certainly something Richard would have played? i'm sure someone will confirm this.

awesome record now here on Kent in all it's glory...not a bad flipside either...lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[Mark Bicknell]

Mike has now included this review in the news section of the site.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[soul45s]

Always great releases from Kent / Ace labels

I used to scour the Lp racks waiting for the latest Kent Lps way back when....

Guaranteed quality

[Ady Croasdell]

Thanks for that Mark, you've saved me a job and done it much better than I would have.

I'm sure a lot of the dealers will have them soon, they are available wholesale from phil.stoker@acerecords.com and RRP is £5 for the red TOWN releases and £10 for the blue CITY limited press specials, only 400 each of these will be sold. There are still some of the old TOWNs available, I recommend OC Tolbert You Got Me Turned Around as a future biggie.

I'm afraid I ain't personally got any for sale so look out for a friendly dealer.

[Guest trickbag]

nice one mark,anyone listening to your show on sunday night

(solar radio 8 to 10 pm)would have heard you play the first

two mentioned, tobi lark true true love,little ann sweep it out under the shed.

fantastic tunes.

ricky.

sock it to em mark.

[Pete S]

I've had a bugger of a day at work getting ready for a busy Easter.....retail sucks, arrived home to a nice couple of packages from Ace/Kent in one i was delighted to find another batch of six Kent 45's, the other package contained the new Villa CD and Northern Monsters CD which are well worth a punt and deserve their very own mention on here which i might just do a little later.

The first three 45's are on the new 'Kent Select' logo nice Blue label design in a superb company bag, very classy and extra tasty, all three are stunning double headers and you really must get these now!!!!, this new logo is i think going to be releasing some of the superb unissued material which Ady has discovered in recent years and featured on many of his superb CD's, City 001 is the outstanding Tobi Lark - 'True True Love' B/W Little Ann - 'Sweep It Out In The Shed' which of course was originally recorded and issued by Tobi Lark on Topper records, both are stunning unissued tracks taken form the Kent CD "Dave Hamiltons Detroit Dancers Volume Three" Kent CDKEND 257, if you only buy one of these new 45's it has to be this one, Tobi lark is simply 'hit you full in the face' hard edged Detroit...awesome Ady.

City 002 - is the wonderful 'A Broken Heart Cries' from The Pretenders originally released on "A Carnival Of Soul Volume Two" Kent CDKEND 118 from Joe Evans wonderful Carnival set up from New York, flip this winner over and you will discover the beautiful John Edwards - 'How Can I Go On Without You' taken from John Edwards - "A Careful Man Kent CDKEND 127......Dynamite Ady.

City 003 - The Other Brothers - 'Nobody But Me' taken from "Serious Shades Of Soul For Collectors Only"

Kent CDKEND 119 B/W Betty Swann - 'The Dance Is Over' taken from "The Soul Of Money Volume Two" CDKEND 267, i think you are getting the picture here of how good these releases are, two simply stunning sides, the Bettye Swann is just about as good as it gets for me and one i have featured on the show since the original CD came out a couple of years ago, i think it also featured on her solo recordings CD Kent also put out a bit back now, i'm sure this is just the start of some wonderful 45's in this 'Select' series.......ten out of ten Mr Croasdell.

I believe the above three 45's will be retailing at around ten pounds....bargain or what? and will be limited to a 500 pressing run so simply get in fast as these are gonna fly out, best check with Ady directly or contact www.acerecords.com

The next three are carrying on from the last batch of Kent 45 releases on the Red, White, Black and Grey logo again presented in a nice company bag the quality continues here with three yummy double headers so it's very much 'two for the price of one' with this little lot, i think these 45's retail around £5/6.00 but again you need to check with the gaffer on this.

Millie Jackson - 'A House For Sale' B/W Garland Green - 'Come Through Me' - Town 124 - two simply class acts.

Town 125 i think will out sell even the Tobi Lark 45 as here we have two awesome sides that have been on many wants lists in recent years and still pack those dance floors nationwide - Unique Blend - 'Yes I'm In Love' B/W ' Houston Outlaws - 'Ain't No Telling' crossover with ease, crossover to die for.........wonderful Mr Croasdell.

And Finally Town 126 is a double diamond 64 million dollar sure fired winner - Bobby Wisdom - 'Handwritting On The Wall' from 1966 originally issued on 'Out A Site' records which is as hard as rocking horse droppings to find and will cost you a small fortune or rather a big one...lol if you can find one that is? B/W Morris Chestnut - 'Too Darn Soulful' cut back in 1967 and can only be described as a Northern Anthem and i'm glad to say i still have my Amy promo tucked away in the collection.

Morris of course recently played live at the Prestatyn weekender performing this classic to over 3.000 happy people...Darn soulful just too darn i bet as i missed it.

These are must have legit, authentic re - issues, Ady and Kent do it by the book, the sound quality is first class, the records are well presented and will i'm sure be well recieved, i will be giving them a full preview and airing on the show in a couple of weeks which will be a pleasure to do....first class effort Mr Croasdell....what's next ????????? www.solarradio.com

Miss these 45's at your peril....Tobi Lark is a Godess.....tunnnnnnne!

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

So are they any good then?

[Makemvinyl]

Thanks for that Mark, you've saved me a job and done it much better than I would have.

I'm sure a lot of the dealers will have them soon, they are available wholesale from phil.stoker@acerecords.com and RRP is £5 for the red TOWN releases and £10 for the blue CITY limited press specials, only 400 each of these will be sold. There are still some of the old TOWNs available, I recommend OC Tolbert You Got Me Turned Around as a future biggie.

I'm afraid I ain't personally got any for sale so look out for a friendly dealer.

nothing like free publicity when the correct people are releasing official releases

great stuff saves me campaigning re bootlegs on ebay again

ps tell phil to be gentle

excellent Ady

[Skegsoul]

the pretenders has been getting plays in the north west for a while now, thanks to a group of collective dj,s, who have a hell of a good ear for toons. nice to see it available.

really is a dancers delight.excellent side.

[Mark Bicknell]

Thanks for that Mark, you've saved me a job and done it much better than I would have.

I'm sure a lot of the dealers will have them soon, they are available wholesale from phil.stoker@acerecords.com and RRP is £5 for the red TOWN releases and £10 for the blue CITY limited press specials, only 400 each of these will be sold. There are still some of the old TOWNs available, I recommend OC Tolbert You Got Me Turned Around as a future biggie.

I'm afraid I ain't personally got any for sale so look out for a friendly dealer.

No thank you Ady for a superb batch of tuneage.....even money the Tobi Lark sells out really quickly...stunning track.

And yes Pete they are very good indeed.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[Sebastian]

Nice to finally see Other Brothers "Nobody But Me" get a legitimate 7" release. Top tune!

[Guest biggray1]

What retail outlet is carrying these..anyone know.

[Mark Bicknell]

What retail outlet is carrying these..anyone know.

I'm sure many record dealers will soon have these in stock once word get's out of how good they are, i don't think Ady has them for retail but they will be out there soon i'm sure.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[Guest soultempo]

just bought the batch from soul bro' records, putney ... must say the remastering is absolutely 'spot on' and can we have 'em every week ... seriously ... please not a massive gap before the next set ...

thanks shaun.

[Mark Bicknell]

just bought the batch from soul bro' records, putney ... must say the remastering is absolutely 'spot on' and can we have 'em every week ... seriously ... please not a massive gap before the next set ...

thanks shaun.

Looks like we will be doing our bit Shaun to spotlight these little beauties on Solar, thanks for the info on Soul Brother outlet, i'm sure these must be up on their website to order so there you go gang.....get ordering...lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

[Jimmy A]

yes! superb set of kent 45s.the one for me is the bettye swann the dance is over.sounds early,which is what i like.GREAT TUNE

[Guest Simon]

Are peeps gonna be happy for djs to play these out or are they designed for home entertainment only?

Simon

[Guest biggray1]

just bought the batch from soul bro' records, putney ... must say the remastering is absolutely 'spot on' and can we have 'em every week ... seriously ... please not a massive gap before the next set ...

thanks shaun.

Shaun,can you post up the Url for the Soul Bro site mate...Graham.

[Guest]

Are peeps gonna be happy for djs to play these out or are they designed for home entertainment only?

Simon

Simon,

True True Love is screaming to be played at venues. I certainly plan to do so - it's too good not to play.

The alternative is to have a cut made from the Dave Hamilton CD (which will undo the good work by Ady & Ace/Kent in getting the track properly licensed and released legitimately) or.......

....play it from the Dave Hamilton CD.

I know which of the three above options I prefer - and I got my Kent copy from Roger Banks on Saturday night. Every bit as legit as playing, for example, the recent Gigi & Charmaines 100 Club Anniversary 45 which is (quite rightly) sounding superb in many a venue right now.

Neil Jones

[Bigsoulman]

just bought the batch from soul bro' records, putney ... must say the remastering is absolutely 'spot on' and can we have 'em every week ... seriously ... please not a massive gap before the next set ...

thanks shaun.

Just got mine from Soul Brother, I strongly recommend you phone your order, their website is a nightmare!

Lenny

[Cheapsiderecords]

Just bought the Kent ones from Dusty Groove but they didnt have the Kent Select 45's?

Where can I buy then from on-line from Canada?

[Guest Baz]

Whos got the city ones in stock?? sent an email to Philstocker, but no reply, must only be for job lots?

HELP!

[Bigsoulman]

Whos got the city ones in stock?? sent an email to Philstocker, but no reply, must only be for job lots?

HELP!

Well I got the 6 Mark mentioned from Soul Brother in London Baz

Lenny

[Guest Baz]

Well I got the 6 Mark mentioned from Soul Brother in London Baz

Lenny

Cheers mate will bell them tomorrow, what did it cost job lot?

[Bigsoulman]

Cheers mate will bell them tomorrow, what did it cost job lot?

£35 Baz, their postage costs are a joke, still, got em so I'm a happy chappie!

Len

[Guest Baz]

£35 Baz, their postage costs are a joke, still, got em so I'm a happy chappie!

Len

Still not bad for 12 quality legit tunes mate

[Bigsoulman]

Still not bad for 12 quality legit tunes mate

Too right mate!

[Guest Baz]

Got me lovely 3 new city lables through today, excellent stuff!

Now then who can point me in the direction of O.C Tolberts 'turned around' and Little Anns double header with 'trying to fool' on thank you please

[Jerry Hipkiss]

Now then who can point me in the direction of O.C Tolberts 'turned around' and Little Anns double header with 'trying to fool' on thank you please

Francis T had some Little Anns at Worcester last weekend...couldn't resist putting one in my box

[Souljazera]

Certainly something Richard would have played? i'm sure someone will confirm this.

awesome record now here on Kent in all it's glory...not a bad flipside either...lol

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

hi mark

yes richard did definitley used to play this....probably one of my favourite northern records..saved us 5k at least i would imagine

Edited April 13, 2007 by souljazera

[Guest Rowly]

Still not bad for 12 quality legit tunes mate

As Neil said - get 'em off Roger - he's got all in stock and he wont shaft you on the post!